Recent BC Decision Limits Authority of DFO in Development Near Water
A recent decision of the BC Court of Appeal confirms that the Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (“DFO”) does not have authority over, and does not need to approve, development near water which does not have a harmful effect...
Contaminated Sites: EAB Directs Ministry of Environment to Issue Certificate of Compliance
In a recent decision, the BC Environmental Appeal Board directed the Ministry of Environment to issue a Certificate of Compliance (“COC”) for a property that had been remediated and where the Ministry of Environment had refused to issue a COC...
Uncertainty in Renewables
HazMat Magazine
Action-Packed Week for Renewable Energy
Following up on the recent decision in Erickson as detailed in my partner Tamara Farber’s article, the first week of August 2011 was notable in the development of the renewable energy landscape in Ontario. However, industry views everything through the...
ERT Decision Paves the Way for Wind Power in Ontario
I recently wrote an article on the Hanna v. Ontario (Attorney General) decision of the Ontario Divisional Court which appeared in the July edition of the Ontario Bar Association’s Environews1, and is re-printed below. In that case, the Divisional Court...
In the World of Wind: Setback Shmetback – Divisional Court Says Not Their Call
Hanna v. Ontario (Attorney General)1 is at the centre of some controversy amongst those in the environmental and renewable energy bar. What seemed to start out as an attempt by a local resident to potentially quell wind power development in...
Recent BC Decision Limits Authority of DFO in Development Near Water
A recent decision of the BC Court of Appeal confirms that the Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (“DFO”) does not have authority over, and does not need to approve, development near water which does not have a harmful effect...
Climate Change Legislation & Transportation Transformation
The Transportation Lawyer
Read the article.
Litigation Arising Out of LEED Issues
Miller Thomson seminar: Green Buildings: Problems, Solutions & Opportunities
Due Diligence in Buying Residential Property – Beware Leaking Oil Tanks
For most of us in today’s age of natural gas and electricity, we don’t often think about the implications of home heating oil tanks and the contamination that they can cause to residential properties. For those who have bought or...
